Best Friends Animal Clinic, LLC

05/17/2026

Another congratulation is due. Dr. Taylor Downing just graduated from Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg on Friday. Four years have flown by. Congratulations on a job well done, Dr. Downing. 🎉🎊🎓

05/16/2026

Congratulations to Colleen, another one of our own, who just got accepted into veterinary school at St. George's University School of Veterinary Medicine in Grenada, West Indies. She will be starting in August of this year and will be a member of the class of 2030. She will be going to a beautiful island which is also the place I call home since I lived there for several years when I was finishing High School. Hopefully she will be able to make a little time to enjoy the island while also doing all the hard work of veterinary school. We are very proud of her accomplishment and wish her the very best.

12/29/2025

Here's a wonderful story about one of our favorite and tough little dogs. Daisy is a surprisingly happy and very affectionate dog and it has been my great pleasure to know this girl.

💖PUPDATE💝
Six years ago today, Carla, our a number one volunteer, called to ask if I would forever foster this beautiful girl. It was explained that she would probably not live very long due to an ongoing medical battle. I figured six months at most. Today is her six year gotcha anniversary! When my husband agreed to let her come to us, he said, “ If anyone could help it’s her you and Doctor Vaughn.” Dr Vaughn is the veterinarian for our dogs. She came to us with the name Dandy. She never responded to that name so I started calling her by other “D” names to see if she would react. When I said “Daisy” her head snapped around and it seemed like she told me it was about time I figured out what her name was. She has been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that is attacking the ligaments in her joints. There is no way to stop the progression. She has been seen by a specialist and even had special casts made to help her stand. Nothing is to be done. The medications she take keep her very comfortable and free from pain. She is very healthy from the knees up but a mess below. After a couple of years it was obvious she adored my husband and he her. So as a birthday present I filed papers for him to adopt her. A major foster fail. The top picture is today, bottom left is the day Carla brought her to me, and the bottom right is Joe receiving his birthday present. We love her dearly and wish to thank CRT for saving her and working with us to make her life wonderful. She loves barking at squirrels and rabbits in the yard, belly rubs, treats, and cuddling with us on the couch.

Please help CRT rescue and care for other dogs. Here’s the link to our website with more information about donating, fostering, and others ways to volunteer https://www.chihuahua-rescue.com/.

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12/20/2025

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all our clients and to all your best friends from Dr. Vaughn, Sarah and Colleen - and the big beautiful sisters Cira and Ari. You made 2025 a great year and we appreciate your loyalty. It was our privilege to care for your best friends this year and look forward to continue doing so in 2026.

06/30/2025

As we move into summer, it's important to know the signs of heatstroke in your pet and what to do for their safety and health.

03/03/2025

Companion animal veterinarians on alert for H5N1 in feline patients

04/07/2024

Today is the clinic's 19th anniversary. I want to thank all our wonderful clients for your loyalty and for trusting with the care of your precious little and big best friends. It has been my personal privilege to know some of you for almost my whole career through 2 different veterinary clinics and many many dear pets. And it continues to be my joy to meet all the new clients and your pets who come to see us. I couldn't have done it without you.

Here's to many more years together.

Dr. Ebalinna Vaughn

02/05/2024

Update on Sulley: It is with a very heavy heart that I have to write that Sulley's owners had to say goodbye to this grand old man last week, late January 2025. Unfortunately, he was out of state at the time so I didn't get to see him one last time but he was at home with the people he loved the most. He was almost 19 years old. His passing is the end of a very long chapter in the clinic's history. He will be missed.
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I want to tell you about a very special patient. Sulley was found as a kitten by his owners who brought him to see me at the end of May in 2005 as an estimated 6 week old kitten. This means that he was born within a few weeks of the clinic opening. Sulley has been coming to see me ever since and is now my oldest living patient whose lifetime spans the lifetime of the clinic. I think that is so incredibly cool.

Sulley is now a grand 18 year old cat who is about to turn 19 about 2 weeks after the clinic's 19th anniversary on April 7th. What a trip it has been and I am so glad that Sulley has kept pace with us for so long. Here's hoping for a few more years.

Here is Sulley as a wee little kitten then at about 2 years of age and lastly just a few days ago as a grand slightly crotchety older gentlecat.

12/21/2023

Just in time for Christmas. Phew!!!

THIS JUST IN: USDA Issues Permit for Santa’s Reindeer to Enter the U.S. USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service sent this bulletin at 12/21/2023 01:00 PM EST THIS JUST IN: USDA Issues Permit for Santa’s Reindeer to Enter the U.S. (Washington, D.C., December 21, 2023) – The U.S. Departm...